For a fuller exposition, by all means see the movie Everything’s Cool . And the Center for American Progress reports: From 1998 to 2005, ExxonMobil directed almost $16 million to a network of 43 lobbying groups in an effort to confuse Americans about global warming. After being criticized by the Royal Society in 2006, the oil giant promised to stop funding groups that denied the science behind climate change. In May 2008, ExxonMobil again pledged to cut funding to groups that divert at